And what pub going experience doesn't include a good pint...
Or two...
Mom and Dad had bangers and mash...
While I had Steak and Ale pie...
Holy crap it was delicious!! Once we were full we headed up the Royal Mile to St. Giles Cathedral where I had booked us on a haunted night tour to the Underground City of the Dead...
Our tour guide Katie, was a true local from Edinburgh...
And then the best thing happened, and by best, I mean the worst thing that could happen on a walking tour when it's 40 degrees out...
It started raining...
Whomp whomp. It totally sucked being in the rain and freezing your ass off, especially when you are walking through a hilly muddy cemetery that Katie told us was actually not hilly at all but rather thousands and thousands of skeletons piled on top of each other that they covered in grass. Charming!
And yes it was creepy...
And of course one of the stories was about Burke and Hare, the notorious body snatchers of Edinburgh. Hi we're descended from criminals...
That sounds about right. Then we went in here...
Inside this gate, this gate that they locked behind us behind, was where 1200 people were slaughtered. Again, way to bring on the charm Katie! The tour ended inside another cell where it is supposed to hold the Mackenzie poltergeist. Yeah it was super creepy here and then this awesome thing happened. The tour ended when someone random jumped out of nowhere and scared the crap out of all of us, and of course I was right by the door so I got the brunt of it. I promise though, my scream was super manly!! Or not, shut up, you don't know!
We just swam home in the pouring rain and need to down 7 buckets of tea and go to bed. We are up early to head up to Inverness to go to Loch Ness. Gooooood night!
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